AmaKatolika amathathu aseMelika azoba ngabangcwele

AmaKhatholika amathathu aseCajun avela eDiocese yaseLafayette, eLouisiana asezophenduka abangcwele abagcotshiwe ngemuva komkhosi oyingqophamlando ekuqaleni konyaka.

Ngesikhathi somcimbi kaJanuwari 11, uMbhishobhi J. Douglas Deshotel waseLafayette wavula ngokusemthethweni amacala amaKhatholika aseLouisiana, uNkosazana Charlene Richard noMnu. Auguste “Nonco” Pelafigue.

Icala lomuntu ozongenela ukhetho lwesithathu, uLieutenant Father Verbis Lafleur, lamukelwe ngumbhishobhi, kepha inqubo yokuvula leli cala ithatha isikhathi eside, njengoba kudingeka ukusebenzisana nabanye ababhishobhi ababili - izinyathelo ezengeziwe ezenziwa umsebenzi wezempi kaLafleur.

Abamele ukhetho ngalunye babekhona kulo mcimbi, bethula umbhishobhi ngama-akhawunti amafushane ngempilo yomuntu kanye nesicelo esisemthethweni sokuvulwa kwembangela yabo. UBonnie Broussard, omele uCharlene Richard's Friends, ukhulume kulo mcimbi futhi wagcizelela ukholo lukaCharlene olusencane esemncane kangaka.

UCharlene Richard wazalelwa eRichard, eLouisiana ngoJanuwari 13, 1947, oyiCajun Roman Catholic "owayeyintokazi ejwayelekile" owayethanda i-basketball nomndeni wakhe, futhi ekhuthazekile ngempilo kaSt Therese waseLisieux, kusho uBroussard.

Ngenkathi esengumfundi osemncane esikoleni samabanga aphakeme, uCharlene wathola ukuxilongwa ekugcineni kwe-leukemia, umdlavuza womnkantsha kanye nohlelo lwe-lymphatic.

UCharlene ubephethe lesi sifo esibuhlungu "enokholo olungaphezu kwamandla abantu abaningi abadala, futhi ezimisele ngokungamoshi ukuhlupheka azodlula kukho, wajoyina uJesu esiphambanweni wanikela ngobuhlungu obukhulu nokuhlupheka kwakhe kwabanye," kusho uBroussard.

Emasontweni amabili okugcina empilo yakhe, uCharlene ubuze uFr. UJoseph Brennan, umpristi owayefika amkhonze nsuku zonke: "Kulungile Baba, ngingubani ukuba nginikele ngokuhlupheka kwami ​​kwanamuhla?"

UCharlene ushone ngo-Agasti 11, 1959 eneminyaka engu-12.

"Ngemuva kokushona kwakhe, ukuzinikela kuye kwasabalala ngokushesha, ubufakazi obuningi buhlinzekwe ngabantu abazuze emthandazweni obuseCharlene," kusho uBroussard.

Izinkulungwane zabantu zivakashela ithuna likaCharlene minyaka yonke, uBroussard wanezela, kuyilapho abangu-4.000 30 beba khona emcimbini wesikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-XNUMX adlula emhlabeni.

Isizathu sesibili sokwamukelwa njengogcotshiwe esivunyelwe ngoMgqibelo kwaba ngesika-Auguste “Nonco” Pelafigue, umuntu ojwayelekile ogama lakhe lesidlaliso elithi “Nonco” lisho “umalume”. Wazalwa ngoJanuwari 10, 1888 eduzane naseLourdes eFrance futhi wathutha nomndeni wakhe baya e-United States, lapho bahlala khona e-Arnaudville, eLouisana.

UCharles Hardy, omele i-Auguste "Nonco" Pelafigue Foundation, uthe u-Auguste wagcina ethole isidlaliso "uNonco" noma umalume ngoba "wayefana nomalume omuhle kubo bonke abangena (kumbuthano) wakhe wethonya."

UNonco wafundela ukuba nguthisha futhi wafundisa isikole somphakathi endaweni yasemakhaya eduze nedolobha langakubo ngaphambi kokuba abe yilungu kuphela lesikhundla e-Little Flower School e-Arnaudville.

Ngenkathi efundela ukuba nguthisha, uNonco waphinde waba yilungu le-Apostolate of Prayer, okuyinhlangano eyazalelwa eFrance futhi amandla ayo okukhuthaza nokusabalalisa ukuzinikela kwi-Sacred Heart of Jesus nokuthandazela upapa. Ukuzinikela kwakhe eNhliziyweni Engcwele kaJesu kwakuzoveza impilo kaNonco.

"UNonco wayaziwa ngokuzinikela kwakhe ngenhliziyo Engcwele kaJesu nangeNtombi Ezibusisiwe uMariya," kusho uHardy.

“Wayebamba iqhaza ngokuzinikela emangeni nsuku zonke futhi wakhonza lapho kunesidingo khona. Mhlawumbe okukhuthaza kakhulu, nerosari esongelwe engalweni yakhe, uNonco weqa imigwaqo emikhulu kanye neyesibili yomphakathi wakubo, esabalalisa ukuzinikela eNhliziyweni Engcwele kaJesu “.

Wahamba imigwaqo yasemaphandleni evakashela abagulayo nabaswele futhi wenqaba izinhlanga zomakhelwane bakhe noma ngaphansi kwezimo zezulu ezinzima kakhulu, ngoba wayebheka ukuhamba kwakhe njengesenzo sokuzisola sokuguqula imiphefumulo eMhlabeni kanye nokuhlanzwa kwalabo abasehlanzweni. UHardy ungeziwe.

"Ngempela wayengumvangeli wendlu ngendlu," kusho uHardy. Ngezimpelasonto, uNonco wayefundisa ezenkolo abafundi bezikole zomphakathi futhi wahlela i-The League of the Sacred Heart, eyayihambisa amapheshana aphuma kanye ngenyanga ngokuzinikela komphakathi. Ubuye wahlela imidlalo yezobuciko ngesikhathi sikaKhisimusi kanye namanye amaholide akhethekile abonisa izindaba zebhayibheli, izimpilo zabangcwele nokuzinikela kwi-Sacred Heart ngendlela emangalisayo.

“Esebenzisa umdlalo weshashalazi, wabelana ngothando lukaKristu olunothando nabafundi bakhe nomphakathi wonke. Ngale ndlela, akavulelanga izingqondo kuphela kodwa nezinhliziyo zabafundi bakhe, ”kusho uHardy. Umfundisi kaNonco wabiza uNonco njengomunye umfundisi esifundeni sakhe, kwathi uNonco wagcina ethole indondo yePro Ecclesia Et Pontifice evela kuPope Pius XII ngo-1953, "ehlonipha umsebenzi wakhe wokuthobeka nokuzinikela kwakhe eSontweni LamaKatolika," esho. UHardy.

"Lo mhlobiso kapapa ungesinye sezihlonipho eziphakeme kakhulu ezinikezwe amalungu esonto athembekile," kwengeza uHardy. "Kwaphela eminye iminyaka engu-24 waze washona ngo-1977, eneminyaka engama-89, uNonco waqhubeka nokusabalalisa ukuzinikela eNhliziyweni Engcwele kaJesu iminyaka engama-68 kuze kube wusuku afa ngalo ngoJuni 6, 1977, okwakuwumkhosi womkhosi Inhliziyo Engcwele kaJesu, ”kusho uHardy.

UMark Ledoux, omele iFriends of Fr. UJoseph Verbis LaFleur, ngesikhathi somkhosi kaJanuwari wathi umfundisi wezempi ukhunjulwa kakhulu ngomsebenzi wakhe wobuqhawe phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yesibili.

"P. UJoseph Verbis LaFleur uphile impilo exakile eminyakeni engama-32 kuphela, ”kusho uLedoux.

ULafleur wazalwa ngoJanuwari 24, 1912 eVille Platte Louisiana. Yize aqhamuka “kubantu abathobeke kakhulu… (futhi) nasemndenini ochithekile,” uLaFleur wayekade ephupha ngokuba ngumfundisi, kusho uLedoux.

Ngesikhathi sakhe seholide ehlobo esivela esikoleni semfundo ephakeme i-Notre Dame eNew Orleans, uLafleur wasebenzisa isikhathi sakhe efundisa ikhathekizimu nabokuqala bokuxhumana.

Wagcotshwa waba ngumfundisi ngo-Ephreli 2, 1938 futhi wacelwa ukuba abe ngumfundisi wezempi ngaphambi nje kokugqashuka kweMpi Yezwe Yesibili. Ekuqaleni, isicelo sakhe senqatshwa ngumbhishobhi wakhe, kodwa lapho umpristi ebuza okwesibili, sanikwa.

“Njengomfundisi wakhombisa ubuqhawe ngaphezu komsebenzi owawufanelekile, wahola i-Distribution Service Service, okuyisikhundla sesibili esiphakeme ngenani,” kuphawula uLedoux.

"Kodwa-ke bekufana nesiboshwa saseJapan empini lapho uLafleur ezokwembula ubukhulu bothando lwakhe" nobungcwele.

"Yize ekhahlelwa, eshaywa futhi eshaywa yilabo abebemthathile, ubezama njalo ukwenza ngcono izimo zeziboshwa ayekanye nazo," kusho uLedoux.

"Uphinde wavumela amathuba okuthi abaleke adlule ukuze ahlale lapho azi khona ukuthi amadoda akhe ayamdinga."

Ekugcineni, umpristi wagcina esemkhunjini namanye ama-POWs aseJapan ayethunywe ngokungazi ngomkhumbi-ngwenya waseMelika ongazange uqaphele ukuthi umkhumbi wawuthwele iziboshwa zempi.

“Wagcina ukubonakala ngomhlaka-7 Septhemba 1944 ngesikhathi esiza amadoda aphuma esikhunjini somkhumbi owawucwila awazuzela wona inhliziyo enombala onsomi nenkanyezi yethusi. Futhi ngo-Okthoba 2017, ngenxa yezenzo zakhe njengesiboshwa sempi, ubaba wami wanikezwa i-Distinguished Service Cross yesibili, ”kusho uLedoux.

Isidumbu sikaLafleur asikaze sitholakale. UMbhishobhi Deshotel ngoMgqibelo umemezele inhloso yakhe yokuvula ngokusemthethweni udaba lwalo mfundisi, othole izimvume ezifanele kwabanye ababhishobhi abathintekayo kulolu daba.

U-Lafleur wamukelwa enkulumweni yase-National Catholic Prayer Breakfast eWashington, DC ngoJuni 6, 2017, ngu-Archbishop Timothy Broglio webhishobhi elikhulu lamasosha, owathi, “Wayeyindoda kwabanye kuze kube sekugcineni… Ubaba uLafleur usephendulile isimo sakhe sasejele ngesibindi sokudala. Wadonsela ebuhleni bakhe ukunakekela, ukuvikela nokuqinisa amadoda ayeboshwe kanye naye “.

“Abaningi basinda ngoba ubengumuntu onobuhle futhi obezinikela ngokungapheli. Ukukhuluma ngobukhulu bezwe lethu ukukhuluma ngamadoda nabesifazane abenza okuhle abazinikele ukuze kuzuze bonke. Sakha ikusasa elisha lapho sithola kulowo mthombo wobuhle ”.